Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Belmont Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Bala Cynwyd
Tract 42091204702 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,101 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In the Belmont Hills neighborhood of Bala Cynwyd, census tract 42091204702 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,766 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,420 a month while the average household earns $174,135 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$174,135
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bala Cynwyd and the region
Centroid at 40.0226, -75.2354 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belmont Hills scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
4.7
How Belmont Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 7%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 29Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2004)
- 2Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belmont Hills
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bala Cynwyd, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091204702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091204702?
Census tract 42091204702 in the Belmont Hills neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42091204702?
Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091204702?
1.9% of residents in tract 42091204702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,101.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091204702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 62th, minority 35th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 42091204702 considered part of Belmont Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091204702 fall within Belmont Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091204702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091204702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.69% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42091204702 compare to Bala Cynwyd overall?
Tract 42091204702 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Bala Cynwyd at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bala Cynwyd; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42091204702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bala Cynwyd
Top eight tracts in Bala Cynwyd ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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